ASICS recently launched its new “Welcome to the Dojo” clothing and footwear line exclusively at Foot Locker, Inc. supported by an anime-inspired miniseries from BBDO New York that taps into the brand’s Japanese heritage. The five-episode miniseries "The Sun and the Snake" has been well-received and inspired the creation of a new, long-form version.
This anime-inspired film was directed by Dipankar Sengupta of animation studio Shotopop.
Client Foot Locker Agency BBDO New York David Lubars, chief creative officer, worldwide; Greg Hahn, chief creative officer, NY; Dan Lucey, executive creative director; Bryan Stokely, Martin Zelcs, Bhana Arbuaratna, associate creative directors; Brandon Galosi, designer; James Young, executive producer; Janelle Van Wonderen, VP, director. Production Company MTC Chris Lenox Smith; John Holt, producer. Sound Design & Mix Matt Lewkowicz, Sam Posern, Parker Silzer, Chris Lenox Smith. Original Music Mixtape Club Music, featuring Sammy Bananas. Animation Studio Shotopop, London & New York Dipankar Sengupta, director; Richard Payne, Ionut Lupo, AE animation and compositing; Giulia Frixione, Hannah Lau-Walker, Marylou Mao, Diana Buzea, Kirill Blumenkrants, Arman Alipour, Dipankar Sengupta, Alison Oxborrow, cel animation; Beidi Guo, Ionut Lupu, cel coloring; Samantha Friend, 3D animation; Dipankar Sengupta, character design; Samantha Friend, Tony Sekyere, Carin Standford, Cat Finnie, Kalyanjyoti Mohan, illustrators; Carin Standford, Casper Franken, art directors; Dipankar Sengupta, storyboard; Richard Payne, animatics. (Toolbox: Photoshop, ProCreat4e, Animate, After Effects Maxon Cinema 4D)
FactSet, a global financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider, has partnered with Chicago-based creative agency VSA Partners to unveil a second round of spots in its “Not Just the Facts” campaign. The campaign originally launched back in April.
The campaign was built on a core strategic insight: While quality data is critical for financial professionals, facts in isolation provide little value. FactSet’s personalization, data connectivity, open and flexible technology, and dedicated service and support provide the context necessary for the investment community to turn facts into valuable insights--and make the most of them.
The new creative picks up where the previous left off. This time it focuses on a particularly boorish office worker, drolly played by character actor Wyndham Maxwell, who ticks off an encyclopedic list of facts and non sequiturs during business meetings and to the bemusement of his colleagues.
The tongue-in-cheek campaign, which plays more like a perfect-pitch comedy series than a typical B2B commercial effort, is a major departure from financial services industry norm--both in its use of humor and in its humanistic approach. Starting this week, FactSet will roll out 16 unique spots—a combination of :30s, :15s, :06s and nine “shorts”—across multiple channels including digital, streaming and CTV.
This :30, “Dinos,” has an office worker’s relevant reference to dinosaurs spark our boorish colleague who proceeds to utter one irrelevant fact after another about the prehistoric creatures.
The Los Angeles–based Docter Twins (Matthew and Jason Docter) directed the original campaign and this new humorous work through their production company, Thinking Machine. The identical twin... Read More
